Pirates is the second album by Chicago-born singer, songwriter, and musician
Rickie Lee Jones, released in July 1981, two years after her eponymous debut
Rickie Lee Jones. The album is partially an account of her break-up with fellow
musician Tom Waits after the success of her debut album. Initial recording for
Pirates began in January 1980, with the live recordings for "Skeletons" and "The
Returns" from January 30 from these sessions kept on the final album. In the
same month, Jones picked up a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Jones came to
album sessions at Warner Bros. Recording Studios in North Hollywood with five
songs, which were recorded and arranged in a two-month spurt in early 1980
before Jones was given an extended break for further writing. Album sessions
reconvened in November 1980 and concluded in April 1981, three months before the
album release.

Features:
• Vinyl LP

Selections:
1. We Belong Together
2. Living It Up
3. Skeletons
4. Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking
5. Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
6. A Lucky Guy
7. Traces Of The Western Slopes
8. The Returns